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Cork City Football Club have announced that they will be unable to pay all of their players, a number of their staff and coaches from next week.

The F.A.I confirmed recently that the League of Ireland season has officially been suspended until the 19th of June due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus worldwide.

Since then, Cork City's officials have been in active discussions regarding the effect that this shut-down would have on the club. There have also been ongoing talks between the National League Executive Committee, the FAI and the PFAI, along with regular communication between all Premier Division clubs via the Premier Clubs Alliance.

The Leesiders hope to continue these communications as they look to reach a solution regarding support and/or funding for clubs during this crisis but with the reduced number of games in the season confirmed - they will now play 27 games instead of 36 - as well as the lack of income until the action resumes in the summer, they are no longer in a position to pay wages after next week.

"The club has been working on a number of initiatives to generate revenue and, while we are immensely grateful for the support we have received thus far, this comes nowhere near replacing the revenue that would have been generated by playing matches," read a statment issued from Cork City F.C on Saturday afternoon.

"To that end, the club has informed all players and a number of our staff and coaches that they will be paid in full, as normal, next week, however, the club will not be in a position to continue paying their wages beyond that point.

"We will work with our staff with regard to the recently announced government funding for workers affected by this unprecedented crisis and do everything we can to help and support them.

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"We believe that this action, while regrettable, is the most prudent approach we can take to ensure that the club will be in a position to offer employment once the football resumes."

Chairman Declan Carey also had the following to say about the current situation: “These are extremely difficult and unprecedented times.

"The board has daily discussions on the latest financial position of the club and this decision was not an easy one. We are responsible to our shareholders to make these difficult decisions in the best interests of the overall future of the club.

"We hope things can return to some level of normality soon, however, we urge all our supporters to continue to help the club through this next period of uncertainty through buying merchandise, and supporting our online fundraising initiatives.”